Prickly Shark, Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann 1928
Other Names: Cooks Bramble Shark, Prickley Shark, Spinous Shark
APrickly Shark, Echinorhinus cookei, filmed by an ROV in the central Pacific. Source: NOAA Okeanos Explorer. License: Public Domain
Summary:
A large greyish-brown shark with two small dorsal fins positioned far back on the body, usually white on the underside of the snout and around the mouth, and often black fin margins - and no anal fin. The body is covered in many thorn-like denticles.
A Prickly Shark on the Cross Seamount off Hawaii.
Prickly Sharks in the Monterey Canyon
Video footage of a Prickly Shark in 300 metres off Costa Rica in the Eastern Pacific.
Great footage of Prickly Sharks
A Prickly Shark on the Cross Seamount off Hawaii.
Prickly Sharks in the Monterey Canyon
Video footage of a Prickly Shark in 300 metres off Costa Rica in the Eastern Pacific.
Great footage of Prickly Sharks
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Dianne J. Bray, Echinorhinus cookei in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3502
Prickly Shark, Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann 1928
References
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Taniuchi, T. & Yanagisawa, F. 1983. Occurrence of the prickly shark, Echinorhinus cookei, at Kumanonada, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 465-468.
Varoujean, D.H. 1972. Systematics of the genus Echinorhinus Blainville, based on a study of the prickly shark Echinorhinus cookei. M.A. Thesis, Department of Zoology, Fresno State College
